As far as the rest of the band, another female on drums, and a shy fellow, far stage left, on bass. This brings me to one of my biggest problems with Best Coast; they are spread so far a part on stage, bass far stage left, hottie far stage right and drummer far back and middle. It was almost hard to catch them all in a single frame of sight. I know it wasn’t just me, but I heavily concentrating on stage right. Were they not friends? Did they not want to catch the others STD? Isn’t a band supposed to love playing together? Vibe off each others energy? Enhance the rest of the groups play? I don’t get it either..
“Good Bye” was a crowd pleaser and one of their better songs, which all seemed more or less the same anyway. And my intention isn’t to diss them, they have a unique sound, and it gets repeated alot, throughout their entire set, and every song. If you like it, you’re golden; if you don’t then leave asap because nothing is changing, what you hear/see is what you get.
Great set, all thanks to Beth, she was amazing and I think Best Coast wouldn’t be anything with out her, as did everyone else I shared my thoughts with. She is that last piece in jenga, without it, everything goes to shit.
Near the end of their set, I was honestly ready to hit the trails and get to bed. I went to downstairs lounge for rest and decided to atleast catch the first few Wavves songs.. Good call Woody + Co.
Wavves, also a three piece band, gave everyone in The Music Hall an instant injection of 5 hour energy with their punk sound combined with the ability to actually compose good songs. As soon as I get positioned back in the sold out crowd I simultaneously was un-tired, very pumped, and was now more than ready for the rest of the night.
Like Best Coast, their lead singer/guitarist, Nathan Williams, was that last jenga piece, but with a MUCH better supporting cast. They were all really good. I was/am an instant fan, let the media fire downloads begin.